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Aftermass: Seattle debut
October 17, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
FreeJoin Portland documentary filmmaker Joe Biel for a screening of Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland. A panel discussion follows with thoughtful, articulate people in Seattle who’ve been observing trends in the development of how Seattle has grown to support people who bike.
Who: Joe Biel and panel of Seattle bicycle culture experts
What: Movie screening of Aftermass, followed by panel discussion
Where: Keystone Church 5019 Keystone Place N Wallingford
When: Friday, October 17, 7-9:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Wallingford Meaningful Movies http://meaningfulmovies.org is a weekly movie series that brings together a large crowd of people interested in social action and justice to watch and then discuss a movie.
Post-movie panel:
-Anne King, Car Free Days blog (confirmed)
-Blake Trask, Washington Bikes Advocacy Director (tbd)
-Cathy Tuttle, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways (confirmed)
-Davey Oil, G&O Family Cyclery (confirmed)
-Elizabeth Kiker, Cascade Bicycle Club Executive Director (tbd)
More about Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland:
The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of car-oriented civilization. Aftermass is the first feature documentary to explore the events, people, politics, and social changes that led to Portland becoming the first major bicycle city in the United States.
Aftermass features many of the leaders and major participants behind the growth of bicycling ridership since 1971. The narrative demonstrates the complex dynamic throughout the 1990s between advocacy organizations, politicians, city planners, and the then new, grassroots Critical Mass ride. The film is full of smiling faces on two wheels, but also explores the controversies, setbacks, and bumps along the way, including riots, political roadblocks, and an illegal police spy.
The film provides new and vital insights into Portland’s transportation history as well as into paths other cities can follow to healthy planning and a green future.
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